Paediatric Staff Nurse - Children's Ambulatory Unit

As a Paediatric Staff Nurse, you will provide safe, compassionate and evidence-based care to children and young people across a range of clinical needs and dependency levels. You will work closely with children, families and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure care is individualised, effective and delivered to a high standard.

Key responsibilities will include

Undertake comprehensive assessments of children and young people, identifying their individual physical, emotional, developmental and social needs, and develop, implement and evaluate appropriate care plans.

Deliver high-quality care to children requiring low dependency care independently within your level of competence and provide care to children with higher dependency needs under the supervision and direction of the nurse in charge.

Communicate effectively and compassionately with children and young people, adapting your communication to their age, developmental needs and individual circumstances.

We are looking for candidates who are caring, adaptable, team-focused and committed to delivering an excellent experience for children and their families. You should be able to work effectively in a busy paediatric environment, demonstrate good clinical judgement and be willing to develop your knowledge and skills across the paediatric service.

Post summary

To maintain high standard of nursing care for all service users at all times.

Teaching and supervision of students.

To work effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team.

The assessment of child/young peoples and family care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care.

To take charge of CAU in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility

To assist in the creation of a welcoming, caring and safe environment for children/young people and families

Main duties

Clinical duties

To set, monitor and maintain the highest standards of nursing care for children according to their dependency.

To assess, develop, implement and evaluate individual nursing care needs, supervising the programs of care given by junior staff. This should be evidence based.

To actively support and promote the involvement of parents and carers in the management evaluation of care, by working together in partnership.

To act in a consultative capacity on paediatric matters when required.

To establish and maintain effective communication within the MDT in order to provide optimum child/family care.

To establish and maintain effective communication with the parents and relatives of the children to ensure that they have every assistance and support to enable them to cope with their childs needs.

To provide support and counselling for children, young people and their parents and nursing staff as appropriate.

To act as an effective role model to junior staff and students.

To demonstrate knowledge of clinical governance.

To be competent in IV drugs and blood products administration.

To undertake training and provide advanced assessment skills as required: e.g. pre-assessment for booked procedure like food challenge.

To work according to Patient Group Directions (PGD) in the administration of medications e.g. paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Salbutamol and Hepatitis B vaccines.

To undertake training and provide specific care as required, e.g. blood transfusion, venepuncture, cannulation, food/medicine challenges and chemotherapy administration.

To have an awareness of safeguarding issues and the ability to take appropriate action.

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Management

To take charge/deputies in the absence of the Sister as required.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Education and qualifications

Skills and abilities

Knowledge and Experience

Personal qualities